Bursting Grape
I personally did not find this article interesting to read. I find that costume are a big part of a production and would not have enjoyed the "phallic creatures pranced and danced drunkenly about the stage....guzzled down fresh body parts: and fondled their comical, erect, two foot phalloi". Although I have never seen the play, I don't feel like the costumes for the chorus really needed to be as graphic as some photos have displayed. The bluntness of the costumes could possibly take away from things the chorus has to communicate to the audience. I also found the the review author somewhat glorified the performance. The amount of over exaggeration I found in the review may have also turned me away from completely enjoying the review.
Fair enough if it's not for you, but the costumes were actually very close to what would have been shown if this play was being done in ancient Greece, so their want of being true to the time makes the costumes valid.
ReplyDeleteAlso, as to the reviewer, I have, on many occasions been overwhelmed by a production to the point of glorifying the show greatly. I agree that the degree to which he went in the review was hardly necessary, however, I give him credit for attempting to make his readers feel about the play the same way that he did while watching it.
I agree entirely. Although the costumes and chorus were fairly traditional, it really doesn't sound like a show I'd enjoy sitting through.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I have a tough time following masks because it frustrates me when a character is forced to hold the same emotion for an entire show. The two foot man rods wouldn't help either.
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